NEW YORK, September 7. /TASS/. Russia’s top female tennis player Mirra Andreeva reached the quarterfinals of this year’s closing Grand Slam tournament, the 2026 US open, with a comeback win against Anastasia Potapova from Austria.
The 5th-seeded Andreeva, who is playing under a neutrals status at the tournament, gave away the opening set to her 24th-seeded opponent Potapova but then rebounded to win the match 5-7; 6-4; 6-3.
The Russian is now set to face off in the quarterfinals against the winner of another Round 4 match between Iva Jovic from the United States (14th-seed) and her compatriot Coco Gauff (4th-seed).
Andreeva, 19, won the French Open in June and is a six-time WTA title holder overall. She is currently 5th in the WTA Rankings. In 2023, Andreeva was named WTA rookie of the year. At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, she won a silver medal in women’s doubles paired with Diana Shnaider.
The 2026 US Open is played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York between August 30 and September 13. The tournament will award a record $108 million in prize money. Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus and Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz are the tournament’s reigning champions in women’s and men’s singles respectively.
